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NEW HORIZONS: PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST COLLECTION
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Buste d'homme sur socle
Details
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Buste d'homme sur socle
signed and numbered 'Alberto Giacometti 4⁄8' (on the side of the base); with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base); and stamped twice with foundry mark 'SUSSE FONDEUR PARIS CIRE PERDUE' (on the inside of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 21 ½ in. (54.5 cm.)
Conceived circa 1947; cast in bronze in 1988-90 by Susse Fondeur, Paris in a numbered edition of eight plus two casts numbered 0⁄8 and 0⁄8
Buste d'homme sur socle
signed and numbered 'Alberto Giacometti 4⁄8' (on the side of the base); with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base); and stamped twice with foundry mark 'SUSSE FONDEUR PARIS CIRE PERDUE' (on the inside of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 21 ½ in. (54.5 cm.)
Conceived circa 1947; cast in bronze in 1988-90 by Susse Fondeur, Paris in a numbered edition of eight plus two casts numbered 0⁄8 and 0⁄8
Provenance
Galerie Beyeler, Basel & Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London, by whom commissioned from Susse Fondeur, Paris in collaboration with Annette Giacometti.
Acquired from the above by the late owner in 2001.
Acquired from the above by the late owner in 2001.
Exhibited
New York, Acquavella Galleries, Alberto Giacometti, A Loan Exhibition, October - December 1994, no. 30, p. 112 (illustrated p. 60; dated '1950').
Seattle, Winston Wächter Fine Art, 19th century & 20th Century Masters, A Selection of Works on Paper & Small Sculptures, October - November 2001, no. 12 (illustrated).
Seattle, Winston Wächter Fine Art, 19th century & 20th Century Masters, A Selection of Works on Paper & Small Sculptures, October - November 2001, no. 12 (illustrated).
Further Details
The Comité Giacometti has confirmed the authenticity of this work which is registered in the Fondation Giacometti’s online database, the Alberto Giacometti Database, under the AGD number 4851.
Brought to you by
Claudia Schürch
Senior Specialist